Re:You can opt out of airport face scans
by kredd on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @02:53AM
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Participation in large scale societal interaction requires some trust. Throughout the history, we've slowly decided to compromise by giving up on privacy and increasing that trust in specific circumstances. You can argue whether post-9/11 changes are necessary or it's just a security theater, but it does bring a peace of mind for everyone else on the plane (e.g. "all these hundreds of random people at least are not in no-fly list").
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Re:You can opt out of airport face scans
by akira2501 on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @03:04AM
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> we've slowly decided
Have _we_? What mechanism did _we_ decide this by? Why is there zero alternative mechanisms for boarding a flight if I refuse to share my "biometrics" with the state?
> but it does bring a peace of mind
We were given specific intelligence on the 9/11 attackers and their plans before they were enacted. The "shoe bomber" was let on a plane and only stopped by alert passengers. Private plane passengers do not have to go through security checks. Your peace of mind is a total lie.
Re:You can opt out of airport face scans
by spolitry on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @08:17AM
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It doesn’t bring me peace of mind to know I have the privilege of flying, today, while other innocent people are banned by a racist authoritarian government. It gives me fear that I could be the next victim.